Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | egotel australià |
| Czech | lelčík australský |
| Dutch | Australische Dwergnachtzwaluw |
| English | Australian Owlet-nightjar |
| English (United States) | Australian Owlet-nightjar |
| French | Égothèle d'Australie |
| French (France) | Égothèle d'Australie |
| German | Baumhöhlenschwalm |
| Icelandic | Kransgapi |
| Indonesian | Atoko selatan |
| Japanese | オーストラリアズクヨタカ |
| Norwegian | australuglesvale |
| Polish | sownik australijski |
| Russian | Австралийский совиный козодой |
| Serbian | Australijski sovasti leganj |
| Slovak | lelčík závojový |
| Spanish | Egotelo Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Egotelo australiano |
| Swedish | australisk uggleskärra |
| Turkish | Avustralya Egoteli |
| Ukrainian | Еготело австралійський |
Aegotheles cristatus (Shaw, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus cristatus
Shaw, 1790. Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales with Sixty-five plates of Non-descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions appendix, p.241,pl..
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AEGOTHELES
- cristatum / cristatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Scientific name definitions
David T. Holyoak and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 26, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 26, 2012
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Authors
David T. Holyoak and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Holyoak, D.T. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.auonig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 26, 2012
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Authors
David T. Holyoak and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Holyoak, D.T. and G. M. Kirwan (2012). Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
